Student Pathways News
Written by Alison Porter - Career Development Practitioner
Careers News
Welcome back to a new school year! There are lots of exciting things coming up over the next couple of terms to keep an eye out for, such as Responsible Service of Alcohol and Responsible Gambling Services Course, White Card Construction Course, Senior First aid Skillset Course, Brisbane Careers Expo excursion, Warwick Careers Expo and many more.
The Careers Department at the College offers a range of services to students, for example: work experience placement support, providing support and assistance for students seeking a school-based apprenticeship, QCE discussions, career development programs, career counselling, vocational education and training, flexible education opportunities, skill development programs and discussions around university pathways.
RSA/RGS Course
The College would like to offer Year 11 and 12 students the opportunity to participate in the Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) Course and Responsible Gambling Services (RGS) Course. The RSA course is the required course for Queensland (QLD) hospitality workers serving alcohol in a hospitality venue. This course provides nationally recognised SITHFAB002 Provide Responsible Service of Alcohol Statement of Attainment and allows successful participants to work in licensed venues. The RGS course provides nationally recognised SITHGAM001 Provide Responsible Gambling Services Statement of Attainment and to provide responsible gambling services, information to customers who require assistance with their problem gambling and successful participants can work in venues that host licensed gambling.
The course will be delivered at Assumption College through Aurora Training Institute.
Details are as follows:
Delivery: Wednesday, 2 April 2025 (9:00am – 3:00pm for two courses)
Cost: $40 per course, or $80 for both
A letter and permission slip for this course have been emailed to parents and guardians of Year 11 and 12 students. Hard copies are available at the College office. For interested students, permission forms are due by Monday, 3 March 2025.
Date Claimer: 7 May 2025, White Card Construction Course
The College would like to offer Year 10, 11 and 12 students the opportunity to participate in the Work Safely in the Construction Industry course. The course will be delivered at Assumption College through Blue Dog Training. Details are as follows:
Delivery: Wednesday, 7 May 2025 (8:30 am - until completed, or latest 3:00 pm)
Cost: $89
A letter outlining further details of the course will be emailed to parents/guardians in coming weeks.
Date Claimer: 21 May 2025, Senior First Aid Skillset Course
The College is offering a first aid course for students in Years 11 and 12. This first aid course is a cluster of units from the Certificate III in Fitness. The course may offer two (2) points towards the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) for eligible students. Students already undertaking the Certificate III in Fitness will not be eligible for these points. Details of the course, to date, are:
When: Wednesday, 21 May 2025 (Practical session 9am – approx. 3pm)
Cost: $100
A letter outlining these details will be emailed to parents and guardians in coming weeks.
Coming Soon: Warwick Careers Expo
It is that time of year again that our College is gearing up to host the annual Warwick Careers Expo on Tuesday, 15 July 2025. Local and district secondary schools are invited to this, and we are expecting many students from Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 to attend.
Following on from last year’s success of over 30+ exhibitors and over 400+ students from schools all over Warwick, we are excited to again be hosting this event at our College. Members of the public are also welcome to attend. If you are interested in being an exhibitor at the Careers expo, please contact the Careers Department on (07) 4660 4000 or via email: careers@acwarwick.catholic.edu.au